Opinion: Why Sanders should get your vote by Arthur Bradbury

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.fosters.com/article/20151124/NEWS/151129811

Posted Nov. 24, 2015 at 3:15 AM

This is in response to a letter from Walter Hamilton of Portsmouth on Saturday, Nov. 21.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders focuses on issues of income and wealth inequality, raising minimum wage, universal healthcare, reducing the burden of student debt, making public colleges and universities tuition-free by taxing financial transactions, and expanding Social Security benefits by eliminating the cap on the payroll tax on income above $250,000. He supports laws requiring companies to provide workers parental leave, sick leave, and vacation. He supports legislation making it easier for workers to join or form a union. Sanders advocates action to reverse global warming, investment in infrastructure, with "energy efficiency, sustainability" and job creation as prominent goals. He is opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Sanders has advocated more participation by citizens, campaign finance reform, overturn of Citizens United v. FEC. He denounced institutional racism, called to reduce the number of people in prison, advocates a crackdown on police brutality, supports abolishing private, for-profit prisons and the death penalty. Sanders supports legalizing marijuana at the federal level. He advocates comprehensive financial reforms, favors breaking up "too big to fail" financial institutions, and restoring Glass–Steagall legislation. Sanders opposed U.S. invasion of Iraq, has been critical of many policies instituted during the War on Terror, particularly mass surveillance and the USA PATRIOT Act. He advocates for LGBT rights, lobbying against the Defense of Marriage Act , takes a pro-choice stance on abortion, as well as opposing the defunding of Planned Parenthood.

On Nov. 15, in response to ISIS' attacks in Paris, "We gotta be tough, not stupid," in the war against ISIS, and should continue to welcome Syrian refugees.

Arthur Bradbury

[daybranch]

1. Perhaps even more importantly Bernie Advocates Increased Estate Taxes

Awhile back, we were all so upset that although we gave the banks money to keep them solvent we could not claw back the money, yey today when we see that the richest among us has purchased our government and changed tax laws and policies to unjustly reward themselves, we seldom hear the term claw back. No small amount of tax increases on the rich will level the playing field. The advantages they hold with prep school educations and attendance at our most expensive universities buys them a better education than any our public universities can normally furnish. Yet we hear little about this disparity, acting as if the benefits of income disparity is going to vanish, when in fact the only real solution to this problem must have wealth redistribution at its core. President Obama was not willing to do it, but we must revise our inheritance and estate taxes in order to reduce the inequities that have been gained over decades and ensure a more equitable society. There really is no other way. Hillary does not address this to my knowledge and President Obama for all the talk about a fair shot was unwilling to admit this was needed. Only Bernie!

[sabrina 1]

2. Income disparity has become an emergency situation imo. And yes, ONLY Bernie is talking about it

from all perspectives.

And if he were not in this race, it would not be talked about at all.

[senz]

3. Yes, he keeps the issue alive. No wonder the Corporate Controlled Media

are trying to bury him. They know how attractive a return to a fair and livable country would be to the majority of Americans.

[Enthusiast]

4. Giant kick and recommend!